Career stats: 51 for 88 (58%), 535 yards (just 6.1 per attempt), 3 TDs, 4 INTs. He was 2 for 10 in his last preseason game.

Tell me why people think this guy is so good again?
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I think you have your answer now.

]]>By: refwatcherhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/01/aaron-rodgers-wont-play-for-packers/#comment-1479632
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:38:26 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-1479632Obvious muffed fair catch that should’ve given the Lions the ball at 1st and goal. No call and no option to challenge. If the correct calls were made today, Stafford would’ve had 7 TDs and the win. Instead, the media will overlook the bad calls and praise the Pack as usual. Now the Lions must play a true great team in their dome (New Orleans); unfortunate for Lions fans.

FYI
I believe Stafford would’ve thrown a TD if the Lions were awarded the ball after muffed fair catch snd the obvious bad call that stole his 6th TD. That’s 2 plus the 5 he had…7 total and a career game. This would’ve been the news and why Eli was chosen over Stafford for pro bowl. Instead, the media will focus on the Pack again (as usual).

]]>By: Wisconsin77http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/01/aaron-rodgers-wont-play-for-packers/#comment-1479149
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:31:36 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-1479149Little Earthquake, looks like your eyes were opened but you are too stubborn to see it. That is part of the problem, you have been too brainwashed by the local media in Wisconsin. One of the advantages of being out of the state for the past 12 years, I didn’t get brainwashed like you and the rest of the sheep in Wisconsin.

btw, when a killer is caught red handed with the knife in his hand, do you sarcastically say “THAT’S your evidence?” lolz

]]>By: refwatcherhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/01/aaron-rodgers-wont-play-for-packers/#comment-1479078
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:56:38 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-1479078Lions fans deserve better. First an obvious down by contact is called a fumble and turnover, which forced Lions to challenge (they win challenge). Next possession same situation on kickoff, but Packers get ball (bad call). Lions get ball back on next play (interception) and Stafford throws obvious TD (called no good on field). Lions out of challenges, settle for FG. Next Pack drive, Lions called for phantom pass interferrence (late flag, bad call, Driver). Next play, short TD pass. Even with several GB stars on the sideline, the Packers get the calls. Tragic set of series for Detroit proving again how difficult it is for up-and-coming NFL teams to win against star teams. Now halftime, and the moron announcers are commenting on the Lions’ apparent inability to beat the Packers’ backups. The Lions would be up by at least 10 if the correct calls were made thus far. Again, if you are a Lions’ fan, you deserve better.
]]>By: Little Earthquakehttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/01/aaron-rodgers-wont-play-for-packers/#comment-1479067
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:52:10 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-1479067Wisconsin77 says: Jan 1, 2012 1:32 PM

Little Earthquake,

You ask and you shall revive.

A newspaper article reposted on Google:
Christl: No expense spared by team in Favre PR war
groups.google.com/group/alt.sports.football.pro.gb-packers/browse_thread/thread/4efe911e4e56c181/a8a3f81c18035c3b?lnk=raot&pli=1

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THAT’S your evidence?

“Less than three weeks later, the Packers went on the offensive and provided a detailed timeline about their discussions with Favre during the
off-season. The obvious intent was to show how Favre had vacillated throughout the previous four months.”

That and a writer for the Wall Street Journal wrote a negative opinion piece on Favre.

A real smear campaign. Roll over, Dick Nixon.

In any case, Favre took plenty of time off while with the Packers. See 2007 NFC Title Game.

3 minutes into this game and its over. lions will win EASY. 9-0 and its gonna get worse. no shame in beating up a decimated team, teams did it to the lions for years!
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15 minutes in and the Pack is up 10 – 9. Nothing is over yet, Genius.

]]>By: justaintrightisithttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/01/aaron-rodgers-wont-play-for-packers/#comment-1478953
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:45:38 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-1478953Yep, this is sure looking like a blowout in the 1st quarter. You still have to remember they are playing the Lions, the team that likes to shoot themselves in the foot with mistakes and stupid penalties and the Packers like to take advantage of those mistakes.
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Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:39:13 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-1478948Little Earthquake says:
Jan 1, 2012 1:14 PM
j972 says: Jan 1, 2012 12:30 PM

Besides that, when exactly did the Packers organization “demonize” Favre? I’d like to read that story; sounds interesting.
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According to the uneducated, demonizing is apparently having a charter waiting to go to Mississippi to bring him back to a press conference to announce his unretirement only to have him yet again change his mind at the last minute.

Ted Thompson said enough is enough and poor little Brett at that time couldn’t handle that they actually had the gall to move forward.

A newspaper article reposted on Google:
Christl: No expense spared by team in Favre PR war
groups.google.com/group/alt.sports.football.pro.gb-packers/browse_thread/thread/4efe911e4e56c181/a8a3f81c18035c3b?lnk=raot&pli=1

And hired the guy who orchestrated the campaign to lie to the world about WMDs in Iraq to orchestrate the smear campaign too.

]]>By: ray0414http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/01/aaron-rodgers-wont-play-for-packers/#comment-1478922
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:15:17 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-14789223 minutes into this game and its over. lions will win EASY. 9-0 and its gonna get worse. no shame in beating up a decimated team, teams did it to the lions for years!
]]>By: pbolyardhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/01/aaron-rodgers-wont-play-for-packers/#comment-1478921
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:15:15 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-1478921Wouldn’t you think getting blown out by the Lions may hurt the packers moral a little. I don’t like sitting guys.
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Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:14:07 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-1478920j972 says: Jan 1, 2012 12:30 PM

You’d never see Brett Favre taking a day off. It’s a shame the Packers organization chose to demonize him.

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Favre’s teams never were in this position; even in the three 13-3 seasons (96, 97, 07) they were playing for seeding in the final week.

Besides that, when exactly did the Packers organization “demonize” Favre? I’d like to read that story; sounds interesting.

]]>By: badfish6907http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/01/aaron-rodgers-wont-play-for-packers/#comment-1478918
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:11:32 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-1478918uwsptke says:
Jan 1, 2012 12:52 PM
With this being official, Rodgers officially holds the single season record for QB rating, breaking Peyton Manning’s record. No QB has had such a prolifically efficient season in NFL history. The guy is crazy accurate and just doesn’t throw picks.
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Yep and before all the smart guys come in and say it was only a 15 game season for Rodgers, in Manning’s last game the year he set that mark he played one series and completed two passes before he was pulled.

]]>By: claymatthewsisonsteroidshttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/01/aaron-rodgers-wont-play-for-packers/#comment-1478913
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:04:53 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-1478913He’s afraid of Ndamukong.
]]>By: badfish6907http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/01/aaron-rodgers-wont-play-for-packers/#comment-1478911
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:03:42 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-1478911You’d never see Brett Favre taking a day off. It’s a shame the Packers organization chose to demonize him.
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Yeah he would walked out and played three snaps to keep his record going.

Brett Favre demonized himself.

]]>By: uwsptkehttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/01/aaron-rodgers-wont-play-for-packers/#comment-1478890
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:52:06 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-1478890With this being official, Rodgers officially holds the single season record for QB rating, breaking Peyton Manning’s record. No QB has had such a prolifically efficient season in NFL history. The guy is crazy accurate and just doesn’t throw picks.
]]>By: bearsstillsuckhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/01/aaron-rodgers-wont-play-for-packers/#comment-1478885
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:50:12 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-1478885I hate this move. What if Flynn gets injured?
]]>By: nfldochttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/01/aaron-rodgers-wont-play-for-packers/#comment-1478864
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:39:18 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-1478864Leslie Frazier could certainly learn a thing or two from McCarthy and the Packers!
]]>By: j972http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/01/aaron-rodgers-wont-play-for-packers/#comment-1478846
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:30:47 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-1478846You’d never see Brett Favre taking a day off. It’s a shame the Packers organization chose to demonize him.
]]>By: stevenfbracketthttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/01/aaron-rodgers-wont-play-for-packers/#comment-1478845
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:29:06 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-1478845While I agree with letting the starting players sit out -for several reasons, and I agree Matt Flynn is no slouch and could do very well, there is one thing that does concern me: Graham Harrell might play.

Third string QBs are third string for a reason but he has shown so little during those chances he has had to play this year so far. Or maybe it just seems little by the standards set by the two in front of him and he really isn’t horrible. I hope it is the latter.

]]>By: Wisconsin77http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/01/aaron-rodgers-wont-play-for-packers/#comment-1478837
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:26:50 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-1478837badfish6907 says: Jan 1, 2012 11:58 AM
Makes sense.
There is really nothing he can gain from playing in this one. This is a guy who went a whole offseason with no work except for training camp and played in the opener like it was the week after the Super Bowl

Yes, playing against a team full of people who went the while offseason with no work except for training camp. First playoff game he will be playing against a team who already won a game in the playoffs. Apples and oranges.

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Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:26:45 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-1478836beedubyatoo says:
Jan 1, 2012 11:47 AM
As much as I want the Packers to beat the Lions, I would rather have them beat them in the playoffs.

I’m a Packer fan living in MI and I’m gagging on all the over-hyped press coverage of the Lions.

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Soooo, a hometown shouldn’t be proud their team has made it to the playoffs for the first time since the 1990s? I’m guessing you think they should be showing nonstop media coverage of the Packers the rest of the country has had to endure since week 1. Give me a break.

]]>By: Wisconsin77http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/01/aaron-rodgers-wont-play-for-packers/#comment-1478829
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:25:03 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-1478829As a Packer fan I don’t like this. Not because I want to see him play, but the fact that I am worried that having three weeks off between playing in a game will cause him to be rusty in the first playoff game. If it was up to me, I would play him about 3 series. Can’t play scared.
]]>By: test2402http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/01/aaron-rodgers-wont-play-for-packers/#comment-1478824
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:23:41 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-1478824Tim Tebow doesn’t sit out.
]]>By: mcnabbuloushttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/01/aaron-rodgers-wont-play-for-packers/#comment-1478823
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:23:19 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=176587#comment-1478823The beginning of the end. The start was last year when the bears could not keep them out of the playoffs.

I am just kidding though. I do not see anyone staying within 14 pts of them in the playoffs.